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Sarcomeres pretty much have one way of organizing themselves, so if you, through your habits, change the average (read: most frequented) distance between muscle attachment points, your body will grow (in a process called sarcomerogenesis) or cannibalize (in a process called sarcomerolysis) individual sarcomeres in the effort to return the remaining
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Spine exercises
Cyrus Chen • 1 card
I am convinced that some surgeries work for no other reason than they have forced the patient to take the time to rest. Always try this approach before going ahead with an actual surgical procedure. Many of my patients have done better than the statistical outcome for surgery, by employing these techniques alone.
Stuart McGill • Back Mechanic
No passive approach creates the patterns of movement, the spine stability, and hip mobility needed to remove the tissue stresses that cause pain. If
Stuart McGill • Back Mechanic
(which protects the ends of bones)
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
Movement that begins from the spine predicts a poor future for back pain. For example, the person who moves with their spine first (as apposed to their hips or shoulders), when reaching to open a door needs movement training.
Stuart McGill • Back Mechanic
The structural properties of the bones, muscles and connective tissues are important in understanding loading capacity.